First day lockdown blues over work permits


Police personnel checking motorists at a roadblock in Kuching on the fourth day of Sarawak’s movement control order. Only essential services are allowed to operate while the public can go out to get food and daily necessities with a limit of two people per car. — ZULAZHAR SHEBLEE/The Star

PETALING JAYA: On the first day of the total lockdown, the confusion and difficulties in obtaining the necessary approvals to operate left many in a quandary, say business stakeholders.

Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers president Tan Sri Soh Thian Lai said some companies, which are part of the manufacturing sector’s supply chain, encountered difficulties in getting the necessary approval in time to operate yesterday.

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